Year per 1,000 live births 1969 242.8 1970 239.3 1971 235.9 1972 232.4 1973 228.8 1974 225.2 1975 221.5 1976 217.9 1977 214.4 1978 211 1979 207.6 1980 204.2 1981 201.2 1982 198.1 1983 195.2 1984 192.4 1985 189.7 1986 187.2 1987 184.8 1988 182.4 1989 180.1 1990 177.7 1991 175.4 1992 173 1993 170.5 1994 168.3 1995 165.8 1996 162.9 1997 160 1998 156.7 1999 152.9 2000 148.8 2001 144.5 2002 140.2 2003 135.7 2004 131.1 2005 126.4 2006 122 2007 117.6 2008 113.3 2009 109.3 2010 105.4 2011 101.5 2012 97.8 2013 94.2 2014 90.8 2015 87.9 2016 85 2017 82.1 2018 79.4 2019 76.6 2020 73.8 2021 71.3 2022 68.7